As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was laying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his domelike brown belly...Daugiau...
From his sheltered childhood in Orkney to the turmoil of industrial Glasgow, Edwin Muir was witness to some of the most traumatic years and events of our modern age. And yet, in his life and in his art, he was constantly haunted by the symbolic fabl...Daugiau...
A collection of poems which are haunted by the symbolic fable which the poet longed to find beneath the surface story of mere events, as he came to terms with his own nature amidst the terror and confusion of the European maelstrom....Daugiau...
Includes novels which are intended to be read as allegories of totalitarian government in whatever guise it appears. Both Joseph K in The Trial and K in The Castle are victims of anonymous governing forces beyond their control....Daugiau...
